Now that is a lot to consider. 1 being... what are my roots? What am I deeply grounded in? 2 being...the concept of overflow, being Jesus to all I meet. 3 being the concept of thankfulness. Being truly appreciative of the love, grace, forgiveness, mercy.. etc that God gives us.
The verse before this one basically says " just as you accepted the Lord you must follow Him."
Merely accepting God is not enough, there has to be a radical life transformation. Many people try and fail at so many diets before understanding that it is a lifestyle change if they want to have any lasting effect on their body. This is the same with Christianity. If you want God to have a lasting effect made on your life, you have to change your life.
Am I saying that becoming a Christian means that you can't have fun? Absolutely not. But it does mean that you hold yourself to a higher standard, not so that you can brag about it but because you want to be Jesus to all that you meet. What does being Jesus even mean? Pursuing the heart of God, after you have decided to make that radical life change and intentionally reaching out to people. Jesus was all about relationships, so make your life about relationships. Basically to sum up the commandments its "Love God, Love People". I'm sure that most of you have heard this before but that's basically the condensed version. By loving God you love people and by loving people you love God. Making sense? The radical life change that we are commanded to undergo by God means that we are so filled with the spirit of God that we are noticeably different to all we come into contact with. We don't disrespect people, we don't sleep around and we don't have a trashy vocabulary if we are filled with the spirit of God.
So just a challenge to us all today. Are we so rooted in the essence of God that we overflow love? Are we so overwhelmed daily by the gifts that God gives us that we spend time thanking Him?
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